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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which one of McCall's kids come to live with him in Chapter 43?
2. Besides McCall's friends, who helps raise bail money in Chapter 42?
3. In Chapter 44, McCall boils down his life and that of his friends to one word, which is what?
4. When having lunch with a white person, McCall notes that he never orders what?
5. Once hired by the newspaper, McCall describes being uncomfortable working what assignment?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?
2. How does McCall proceed with the advice he got from Milton regarding his prison record during the Washington Post interview?
3. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?
4. What does McCall fear about his kids from Debbie and what does he do about it, according to Chapter 34?
5. How does Danny's driving curiosity about race affect his relationship with McCall?
6. In Part III, what relationship does McCall have with his editor?
7. Why does McCall feel he is bringing another child into a world of pain and strife (Chapter 32)?
8. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?
9. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?
10. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?
Essay Topic 2
McCall is being beaten by the Cherry Boys and realizes they have no idea when or if they have gone too far in the beating, causing permanent damage or killing him. How does McCall's thoughts about this beating in Chapter 8 compare with his thoughts in Chapter 1 when they beat the white boy on the bicycle?
Essay Topic 3
How does McCall's driving around and never finding his friends serve as an analogy of his life up to this point? Be specific and support with details from McCall's life up to this point.
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